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AP English Language, mapped before it happens.

AP English Language and Composition · 2026-27. Every week, every reading — visible from day one. Study with Meerk, open the gate, walk into class ready.

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Week-close dates come from the syllabus. Exact due times for each item are in Canvas.

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This companion runs one week ahead of the course, so you walk into each week already prepared. Canvas due dates do not change.

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NotesWeek 5 — Narration as StrategyFlashcardsTerms and ideas, every weekExercisesHands-on tasksQ1 Cumulative ReviewWeeks 1–10: rhetoric, thesis, process, description, narration, Douglass, rhetorical situation, style, classification, timed writingQ2 Cumulative ReviewWeeks 11–20: argumentation, proposal, definition, evaluation, logical fallacies, evaluating sources, visual arguments, tone and voice, synthesis essay, timed writingQ3 Cumulative ReviewWeeks 21–30: exposition models (particular-to-general, chronological, claim-then-support), argumentation with expository models, personal essay origins and form, personal essay voice (Dillard, White), observation and digression (Woolf, Hoagland), social commentary (Didion), writing the personal essay, visual arguments revisitedBaseline examDiagnostic across every week in the syllabusContest modeLightning rounds in class, by table

The whole course

Tap a week for the readings, what to know, and Meerk's quiz. Week of = the Monday it opens.

  1. Tue, Sep 8Week 0: Welcome — AP English Language and Composition
    in Canvas
  2. Mon, Sep 7Week 1: Week 1 — Diagnostic: Reading Like a Writer
    Notes →FlashcardsMeerk's quiz →    in Canvas
  3. Mon, Sep 14Week 2: Week 2 — Thesis Statements
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  4. Mon, Sep 21Week 3: Week 3 — Process Writing
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  5. Mon, Sep 28Week 4: Week 4 — Description as Strategy
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  6. Mon, Oct 5Week 5: Week 5 — Narration as Strategy
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  7. Mon, Oct 12Week 6: Week 6 — Narrative as Argument
    Notes →FlashcardsMeerk's quiz →    in Canvas
  8. Mon, Oct 19Week 7: Week 7 — Rhetorical Situation and SOAPSTone
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  9. Mon, Oct 26Week 8: Week 8 — Style I: Syntax and Imitation
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  10. Mon, Nov 2Week 9: Week 9 — Classification and Division
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  11. Mon, Nov 9Week 10: Week 10 — Q1 Review and Timed Writing
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  12. Mon, Nov 16Week 11: Week 11 — Argument I: Claim, Evidence, Warrant
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  13. Mon, Nov 23Week 12: Week 12 — Argument of Proposal
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  14. Mon, Nov 30Week 13: Week 13 — Argument of Definition
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  15. Mon, Dec 7Week 14: Week 14 — Argument of Evaluation
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  16. Mon, Dec 14Week 15: Week 15 — Logical Fallacies
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  17. Mon, Jan 4Week 16: Week 16 — Evaluating Sources
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  18. Mon, Jan 11Week 17: Week 17 — Visual Arguments
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  19. Mon, Jan 18Week 18: Week 18 — Tone, Voice, and Diction
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  20. Mon, Jan 25Week 19: Week 19 — The Synthesis Essay
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  21. Mon, Feb 1Week 20: Week 20 — Q2 Review and Timed Writing
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  22. Mon, Feb 8Week 21: Week 21 — Exposition Models I: From Particular to General
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  23. Mon, Feb 15Week 22: Week 22 — Exposition Models II: Chronological Development
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  24. Mon, Feb 22Week 23: Week 23 — Exposition Models III: Claim Then Support
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  25. Mon, Mar 1Week 24: Week 24 — Argumentation with Expository Models
    Notes →FlashcardsMeerk's quiz →    in Canvas
  26. Mon, Mar 8Week 25: Week 25 — Personal Essay: Origins and Form (Montaigne tradition, Bacon)
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  27. Mon, Mar 15Week 26: Week 26 — Personal Essay: Voice (Dillard, White)
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  28. Mon, Mar 22Week 27: Week 27 — Personal Essay: Observation and Digression (Woolf, Hoagland)
    Notes →FlashcardsMeerk's quiz →    in Canvas
  29. Mon, Apr 5Week 28: Week 28 — Personal Essay: Social Commentary (Didion)
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  30. Mon, Apr 12Week 29: Week 29 — Writing the Personal Essay
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  31. Mon, Apr 19Week 30: Week 30 — Visual Arguments: A Final Look
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  32. Mon, Apr 26Week 31: Week 31 — The Concession-Rebuttal Arc
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  33. Mon, May 3Week 32: Week 32 — Rebuttal Strategy and Steelmanning
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  34. Mon, May 10Week 33: Week 33 — Argumentation Capstone
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  35. Mon, May 17Week 34: Week 34 — AP Exam Readiness I: Free-Response Formats
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  36. Mon, May 24Week 35: Week 35 — AP Exam Readiness II: Multiple-Choice Section
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  37. Mon, May 31Week 36: Week 36 — AP Exam Readiness III: Full Practice
    Notes →FlashcardsMeerk's quiz →    in Canvas
  38. Mon, May 3AP English Language and Composition Exam (May — date set by the College Board)
    Per the syllabus: the AP exam is in May.
    in Canvas

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Course facts

Mr. Garry Gray · dept English
Monday–Friday · Room 223
Grading: A 90–100 · B 80–89 · C 70–79 · D 60–69. Late work accepted at 10% per day; assessed work not accepted late. Vocabulary quizzes are unannounced and cannot be made up.

1.0 unit · AP · official record in Mr. Gray's gradebook

Open Canvas (my.pgcc.edu)

For families — the Dinner Table Question

Every week ends with one question to ask at home. No answer key, no grade — just a conversation.

Week 5: Why do storytellers often begin in the middle of the action rather than at the beginning?

En español: ¿Por qué los narradores suelen comenzar en medio de la acción en lugar de al principio?

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